Franceen and I had married in May 1973. My high school friend Randy was my best man at the wedding. He was also my boss at the company co-owned by his father, and where Franceen also worked. As I was finding out, Franceen liked to stir up trouble, and she stirred it up between Randy […]

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31.01.2025

Rereading: RINKITINK IN OZ by L. Frank Baum - Todd's Blog

The tenth Oz book by Baum is mostly about new characters, with Oz villain the Nome King and other Oz familiar characters only coming into the story in the last few chapters. One nice feature is a new map showing many of the countries around Oz for the first time, and the story takes place […]

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02.02.2025

Rereading: THE GUARDIANS OF THE HOUSE by L. M. Boston - Todd's Blog

Another short book by Boston, this one features an old house full of strange and wonderful masks and statues that is no doubt based on her own ancient home near Cambridge, England, also the setting of her Green Knowe books, but this one is not directly connected to those. Tom Morgan has moved with his […]

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03.02.2025

My Music: HEAVEN OR HELL - Todd's Blog

This song began as a wordless blues progression created with my Kansas City friends John and Sue in 1972. When I put a CD of that music together I called it “Good Times,” but I’m not sure that was something we called it then. It was fun to play on the guitar, even solo, and […]

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